Patents by Inventor Alan RUPERT

Alan RUPERT has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20180236661
    Abstract: A teaching apparatus for a robot which moves a work object so that the work object is aligned at a predetermined position and attitude, includes a display section that displays a screen for setting the predetermined position and attitude, an operation section that allows the screen to be operated, and a computation section that computes the predetermined position and attitude, in which the screen includes a first screen for operating the robot so as to move the work object into an imaging range of an imaging device, and a second screen for moving the work object so that the work object is aligned at a target position and attitude, and in which the computation section computes the predetermined position and attitude by using a captured image obtained by the imaging device imaging the work object, and the target position and attitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Nobuyuki SETSUDA, Alan RUPERT
  • Publication number: 20180178389
    Abstract: A control apparatus that is connectable to a memory that stores computer-readable instructions, comprising a processor that is configured to execute the computer-readable instructions so as to control driving of a robot and a camera, create setting details on an image processing sequence containing image processing of a captured image captured by the camera, and setting details on a calibration of correlating a coordinate system of the robot and a coordinate system of the camera, and call up the image processing sequence in creation of the setting details on the calibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Seiji AISO, Taro ISHIGE, Nobuyuki SETSUDA, Alan RUPERT
  • Publication number: 20180178388
    Abstract: A control apparatus, a robot and a robot system to which settings for calibration can be easily and appropriately made are to be provided. A control apparatus that can control driving of a robot, an imaging unit and a display unit based on input of an input unit, includes a display control unit that allows the display unit to display an input window for inputting a robot as an object to be controlled, and allows the display unit to display an imaging unit input part that guides input of an attachment position of the imaging unit corresponding to the input robot, and a calibration control unit that performs a calibration of correlating a coordinate system of the robot and a coordinate system of the imaging unit based on the input attachment position of the imaging unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Taro ISHIGE, Seiji AISO, Nobuyuki SETSUDA, Alan RUPERT, Kenji MATSUURA
  • Patent number: 9981380
    Abstract: A teaching apparatus for a robot which moves a work object so that the work object is aligned at a predetermined position and attitude, includes a display section that displays a screen for setting the predetermined position and attitude, an operation section that allows the screen to be operated, and a computation section that computes the predetermined position and attitude, in which the screen includes a first screen for operating the robot so as to move the work object into an imaging range of an imaging device, and a second screen for moving the work object so that the work object is aligned at a target position and attitude, and in which the computation section computes the predetermined position and attitude by using a captured image obtained by the imaging device imaging the work object, and the target position and attitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Setsuda, Alan Rupert
  • Publication number: 20160001445
    Abstract: A teaching apparatus for a robot which moves a work object so that the work object is aligned at a predetermined position and attitude, includes a display section that displays a screen for setting the predetermined position and attitude, an operation section that allows the screen to be operated, and a computation section that computes the predetermined position and attitude, in which the screen includes a first screen for operating the robot so as to move the work object into an imaging range of an imaging device, and a second screen for moving the work object so that the work object is aligned at a target position and attitude, and in which the computation section computes the predetermined position and attitude by using a captured image obtained by the imaging device imaging the work object, and the target position and attitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Nobuyuki SETSUDA, Alan RUPERT